2 more COVID-19 positive cases in Goa

Two more people were reported to have
tested positive for the dreaded coronavirus (COVID-19) on Sunday, taking the
total number of cases to five in the state.

As per the media
bulletin released by the directorate of health services, the reports from the
National Institute of Virology (NIV) at Pune have confirmed that out of the
total 56 samples sent on March 27, two cases are reported positive for COVID-19.
Both are male patients, aged 37 and 19 years.

One
of the patients has a travel history of returning to Goa from the Bahamas via
New York and was quarantined at Goa Medical College and Hospital, Bambolim,
while the other patient is a close contact of a positive case, detected earlier,
and was in the isolation ward at Sub-district Hospital in Ponda.

These two
patients have been shifted to the ESI Hospital in Margao, which is a dedicated
facility for COVID-19 positive patients. Three patients, who previously tested
positive, are also being treated in the ESI Hospital. The three persons with
history of travel to Spain, Australia and the US tested positive for the viral
virus on March 25.

Fortunately, no
new suspected case of COVID-19 was reported on Sunday. Till date, Goa has seen
70 suspected cases of COVID-19, of which ten are still in the isolation ward of
the GMC.

On Sunday, 17
more passengers have been placed under home quarantine; around 894 persons have
self-isolated themselves at their homes in the state.

At present,
three persons have been quarantined at the North Goa District Hospital, seven
at the Sub-district hospital in Ponda and 35 persons have been quarantined at
the Margao Residency.